OCR A-Level Physical Education H555
Skeletal and Muscular Systems
The Cardiovascular System
The Respiratory System
Energy for Exercise
Environmental Effects on Body Systems
Diet, Nutrition and Ergogenic Aids
Aerobic Training
Strength and Flexibility Training
Periodisation of Training
Training and Lifestyle Diseases
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Biomechanical Principles and Levers
Linear and Angular Motion
Fluid Mechanics and Projectile Motion
Skill Classification, Practice and Transfer
Theories and Stages of Learning
Guidance and Feedback
Memory Models
Personality and Attitudes
Motivation and Arousal
Anxiety
Aggression
Social Facilitation and Group Dynamics
Goal Setting
Attribution
Confidence and Self-Efficacy
Leadership
Stress Management
Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain
Sport in the 20th and 21st Centuries
The Olympic Games and Global Sporting Events
Drugs in Sport
Violence and Gambling in Sport
Commercialisation and the Media
Routes to Sporting Excellence
Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain
- 4 subtopics
- 12 things to know
- Component 03
What Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain covers
Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain is examined in Component 03, Socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport. It covers popular recreation in pre-industrial Britain, Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways, amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sport and public schools and the cult of athleticism.
Where it is assessed
Component 03
Socio-cultural issues in physical activity and sport, a 1 hour paper worth 20% of the A Level.
Check the OCR specification ↗The 4 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Popular recreation in pre-industrial BritainPopular recreation, mob football, social class, real tennis and patronage, pedestrianism, early cricket, gender, law and order, literacy, time, money and transport, and blood sports and the law.Open →
- Urbanisation, rational recreation and the railwaysThe industrial revolution, rational recreation, working conditions and wages, the railways and the Football League of 1888, excursion trains, the 1870 Education Act and drill, law and order, women and lawn tennis, and church and employer clubs.Open →
- Amateurism and professionalism in Victorian sportAmateurs, professionals and the amateur ideal, the manual labour exclusion clause, the Amateur Athletic Association of 1880, the rugby split of 1895 and the Northern Union, football professionalism, Gentlemen v Players, WG Grace and lawn tennis.Open →
- Public schools and the cult of athleticismThe Victorian public schools, Dr Thomas Arnold and reform, codification, muscular Christianity, the games ethic and the cult of athleticism, old boys, Oxford and Cambridge, the British Empire and the governing bodies.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Evaluate which factor did most to shape popular recreation.
Evaluate the impact of the public schools on the development of modern sport.
How did the industrial revolution change where people lived?
Define an amateur in Victorian sport.
Define rational recreation.
What was a professional in Victorian sport?
What were the Victorian public schools?
Define popular recreation.
Why did the middle classes promote rational recreation for workers?
Outline the values of the amateur ideal.
What were games like in the public schools before reform?
Take Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain further
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Popular recreation vs Rational recreation
Popular recreation: the local, occasional and violent pastimes of the pre-industrial lower classes. Rational recreation: organised, respectable, rule-based sport promoted by the Victorian middle classes.
Amateur vs Professional
Amateur: a performer who takes part for love of the game without payment. Professional: a performer paid to take part in sport.
Mob football vs Real tennis
Mob football: a violent local game with unlimited players and unwritten rules. Real tennis: an expensive indoor racket game of the upper classes.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Define popular recreation.
Model answer
Popular recreation was the sports and pastimes of the lower classes before industrialisation. The activities were local, occasional and often violent.
- 2
Describe the main characteristics of popular recreation.
Model answer
Popular recreation was local, rural and played only occasionally. Games had simple, unwritten rules and were often violent. Wagering was common.
- 3
Describe mob football.
Model answer
Mob football was a violent game played between neighbouring villages or parishes. Unlimited numbers took part, with few rules and no fixed pitch.
- 4
How did social class shape sports and pastimes in pre-industrial Britain?
Model answer
The upper classes took part in refined, courtly pastimes with complex rules. The lower classes took part in simple, local and often violent games.
- 5
Why was real tennis an upper-class game?
Model answer
Real tennis needed expensive, purpose-built indoor courts and equipment. Only the wealthy could afford it, and Henry VIII built a court at Hampton Court.
- 6
How did patronage link the classes in pre-industrial sport?
Model answer
Wealthy patrons organised and funded events such as horse races and prize fights. Lower-class performers competed for the money and prizes the patrons put up.
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Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain revision questions
- What does Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain cover in OCR A-Level Physical Education?
- 4 subtopics: popular recreation in pre-industrial britain, urbanisation, rational recreation and the railways, amateurism and professionalism in victorian sport and public schools and the cult of athleticism. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Sport in Pre-Industrial and Industrial Britain organised?
- By the OCR H555 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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